(50719) Elizabethgriffin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Elizabeth Griffin (b. 1942) is a Canadian astronomer specializing in the spectroscopic study of binary stars. She has been a staunch advocate globally for the digitization and preservation of photographic plates and using legacy science data of all kinds.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizabethgriffin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethgriffin is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50719 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EG140 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.31 km (#14,462 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.370 |
| Rotation period | 1,256 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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